Comments on: Show # 244 – October 16, 2011http://www.wdwradio.com/2011/10/walt-disney-carousel-of-progress-show-244-october-16-2011/
Disney podcast, Disney expert, Disney news, Disney World vacation planning, Disney trivia, Disney World Trivia, Disney World history, Disney World videos, Disney gamesTue, 03 Mar 2015 18:19:36 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Matthttp://www.wdwradio.com/2011/10/walt-disney-carousel-of-progress-show-244-october-16-2011/#comment-228804
Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:29:40 +0000http://www.wdwradio.com/?p=12389#comment-228804I remember liking this as a kid but our neighbor had recently been to WDW a month ago or so, and their entire family called it the “Carousel of Doom”. It sounds like it may have been glitching that day but she detailed issues like people leaving in the middle of it, parts of the show starting over, etc.

has anyone else been there recently with younger kids and found that its appeal is still holding strong amidst all the newer attractions? I want to go but my wife is ready to roll with her neighbor’s advice and pull it off our touring plan…

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Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:24:37 +0000http://www.wdwradio.com/?p=12389#comment-27347i personally love this attraction, when i was there as a younger kid i never knew what was in there. then i read in your book that there was am attraction inside. i went the very next time we went to the parks and i immediately fell in love with it, now i always tell anyone who i meet there to at least try it. its disney, you can get hurt, it will always lead you to somewhere new and exciting
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Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:33:14 +0000http://www.wdwradio.com/?p=12389#comment-10947The problem, as Lou mentioned, with updating the last scene is it gets dated a few years out. I think the solution, to give the Imagineers a bit more of a breather before having to update it, is to not see what current technologies are there and use it (i.e. the mentioned iPad) but look at & interview engineers and scientists at what the trend could be in the future.

Speilberg did this for the movie Minority Report and a lot of those technologies are just now in the experimental stages today.

Take a note from Bill Gates “House of the Future”, that house was started years ago and even now a lot of those technologies aren’t fully integrated into everyday use.

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Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:47:36 +0000http://www.wdwradio.com/?p=12389#comment-10924If DIsney restores certain attractions to the original design, then perhaps Disney can market the attraction as a “Walt original” They could have special signage at the attraction and on the maps.
Really enjoyed the podcast and it really made me feel like I was there. I hummed “Now is the time” all day long.
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Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:55:18 +0000http://www.wdwradio.com/?p=12389#comment-10821Amazing! Jim Korkis & I have the exact same idea! Every time the subject of the Carousel comes up I say the exact same thing. Take it back to what Walt developed for the World’s Fair!! Not only would it be AWESOME it would solve the update issues. So glad Jim adopted my idea, LOL!
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Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:11:14 +0000http://www.wdwradio.com/?p=12389#comment-10431Thanks Ken!!! That explains it….I always thought it a bit odd.
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Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:02:38 +0000http://www.wdwradio.com/?p=12389#comment-10309COP is still a MUST see for me! I enjoyed it as a child and I enjoy it as an adult. My family sing Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow all the time. Love this episode Lou & Jim, thank you!!!!
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Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:15:58 +0000http://www.wdwradio.com/?p=12389#comment-10299Stephen,

In the World’s Fair, Disneyland, and first WDW version of the show, the acts took place during each of the four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. The 1994 rewrite changed each of the acts to take place during a specific holiday: Valentine’s Day, 4th of July, Halloween, and Christmas. The issues you pointed out are anachronisms caused by the rewrite, which greatly altered the flavor of the attraction.

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Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:00:36 +0000http://www.wdwradio.com/?p=12389#comment-10291Much like the TTA, attractions that have no line are always attractive. The Carousel of Progress, however, is a classic, beloved attraction in it’s own right, and I’d gladly stand in line to see it. And yes, I must see this attraction each and every visit, and even each day i spend at the Magic Kingdom.
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Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:05:20 +0000http://www.wdwradio.com/?p=12389#comment-10191It’s our “comfort” attraction on every visit. It must stay.
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